2005 Oregon Code - Chapter 838 :: Chapter 838 - Airport Districts
Chapter 838 Airport Districts
2005 EDITION
AIRPORT DISTRICTS
AVIATION
838.005 Definitions
838.010 Establishing district; election; tax rate limit; prerequisite for inclusion of county; prerequisite for inclusion of airport owned by city
838.015 Establishing tax rate limit
838.020 Governing body of district; first terms and meeting
838.025 Election laws apply
838.030 Officers of board; vacancies; procedures
838.035 District
838.040 Powers of district
838.045 Regulations
838.050 Employees
838.055 Contracting to carry out functions
838.060 Ad valorem taxation; special tax; collection
838.065 General obligation bonds; amount; maturity; revenue bonds; sale
838.070 General obligation bond election
838.075 Refunding bonds
838.005
Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires
otherwise:
(1) District means an airport district established under this chapter.
(2) District board means the governing body of the district. [Formerly 494.010]
838.010
Establishing district; election; tax rate limit; prerequisite for inclusion of
county; prerequisite for inclusion of airport owned by city. (1) In
addition to initiatory action authorized by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, proceedings
to establish a district may be initiated by:
(a) A resolution adopted by the governing body of the most populous county in the proposed district and filed with the governing body of the principal county in the proposed district, petitioning that body to call the election; or
(b) A resolution adopted by the governing body of any city owning an airport within the proposed district and filed with the governing body of the principal county in the proposed district, petitioning that body to call an election.
(2) The petition or resolution initiating formation may request that the election to establish the district be held at the same time as an election to establish a permanent rate limit on operating taxes within the meaning of section 11 (3)(c), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. If the petition or resolution does so, the election shall be held at that time and shall also request that the proposition to be voted on include a proposed permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the district within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. If the petition or resolution does so, the proposition to be voted on at the election shall include a proposed permanent rate limit for the district, in accordance with the petition or resolution.
(3) After initiatory action has been taken pursuant to this section, airport district formation shall be conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955 except that where areas from more than one county are proposed to be included in the district, the election for district board members may be held at a date later than the election for formation, if successful. The later election for board members may also propose establishment of a district permanent rate limit for operating taxes.
(4) No county or portion thereof shall be included within a district unless a majority of the electors in the county approve the inclusion of such county or portion thereof within the district.
(5) No district shall include an airport owned by a city unless the governing body of such city has adopted a resolution approving the inclusion of the airport within such district or a majority of the electors within the city voting on the proposal approve the inclusion of the airport. [Formerly 494.020; 1997 c.541 §387]
838.015
Establishing tax rate limit. A permanent rate limit for operating taxes
within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution,
may be established for a district at the same election at which the district is
established or at the first election of district board members, where that
election is held after district establishment. If the petition or resolution
for initiating proceedings to establish the district contains both requests
authorized by ORS 838.010 (2), the county governing body that calls the
election shall confer about the proposed permanent rate limit with the
governing bodies of all counties and cities having territory in the proposed
district and shall then determine the rate limit to be proposed for the
district. The proposition submitted to the electors of the district for the
purpose of establishing the district shall propose the rate limit specified by
the county governing body. The rate limit so proposed shall be the initial
permanent rate limit for operating taxes of the district within the meaning of
section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, if the district is
established at the election. [Formerly 494.030; 1997 c.541 §388; 1999 c.21 §79]
838.020
Governing body of district; first terms and meeting. (1) The governing body
of a district shall be a district board consisting of five or seven members
elected from the district at large. Except as provided in subsection (2) of
this section, the term of district board member is four years. Candidates for
the first district board shall be nominated as provided in ORS 255.235 and
elected as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 838.010.
(2) Not later than the 40th day after the first board members are elected, the district board members shall meet and organize as a board, first making and subscribing to an oath of office. Notwithstanding the term of office specified in subsection (1) of this section, the term of each board member shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board as follows:
(a) Of the members first elected to a seven-member board:
(A) The terms of four members shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election; and
(B) The terms of three members shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(b) Of the members first elected to a five-member board:
(A) The terms of three members shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election; and
(B) The terms of two members shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(3) The chairperson of the county governing body that calls the election on establishing the district shall convene the first meeting of the district board and shall serve as chairperson of the first meeting until the members choose a permanent chairperson. [Formerly 494.040]
838.025
Election laws apply. (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of district board members.
(b) The conduct of district elections.
(2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [Formerly 494.043]
838.030
Officers of board; vacancies; procedures. (1) At its first meeting after
July 1 each year the district board shall choose a chairperson for the ensuing
year. The chairperson shall be the presiding officer of the board and have
whatever additional functions the board prescribes.
(2) Vacancies shall be filled as provided in ORS 198.320.
(3) The district board may adopt and enforce rules of procedure governing its proceedings. [Formerly 494.046]
838.035
District. (1) An airport district has full power to carry out the
objectives of its formation and to that end may have and use a seal, have
perpetual succession, sue and be sued in its own name, and enter into
contracts.
(2) Except as this chapter provides to the contrary, the powers of the district shall be vested in the district board of the district.
(3) An airport district formed under this chapter shall be considered a district for all purposes in ORS chapter 198. [Formerly 494.050; 2003 c.802 §158]
838.040
Powers of district. A district may establish, construct, expand or lease,
control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, police and regulate airports and
air navigation facilities, and to this end may exercise all the functions and
powers provided in ORS 836.200 to 836.250 and may acquire by lease, purchase,
gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise such real and personal
property and rights of way, either within or without the limits of the district
as, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper. [Formerly 494.060]
838.045
Regulations. The district board in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600
may by ordinance make, modify or abolish regulations as convenient or necessary
to provide for policing or regulating the use of airports, and any facilities
located at or in conjunction with airports, owned, operated, leased, maintained
or controlled by the district. [Formerly 494.070]
838.050
Employees. The district board may employ whatever administrative, clerical,
technical and other assistance is necessary for the proper functioning of the
district, on whatever terms the board considers in the best interests of the
district. [Formerly 494.080]
838.055
Contracting to carry out functions. A district may contract with any public
or private agency for the agency to operate any facility or perform any
function that the district is authorized to operate or perform. By contract the
district may assume any function of any public corporation, city or county in
the district that the district has power to assume under this chapter.
[Formerly 494.090]
838.060
Ad valorem taxation; special tax; collection. (1) A district may levy
annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to
exceed in any one year one-half percent (0.005) of the real market value of all
taxable property within the boundaries of the district, computed in accordance
with ORS 308.207. The district may also annually assess, levy and collect a
special tax upon all such property in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly
interest on bonds previously issued by the district and then outstanding,
together with any portion of the principal of such bonds maturing within the
year. The special tax shall be applied only in payment of the interest and
principal of bonds issued by the corporation, but the corporation may apply any
funds it may have towards the payment of principal and interest of any such
bonds.
(2) Such taxes shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officer whose duty it is to extend the tax levy as provided in ORS 310.060. All taxes levied by the district shall become payable at the same time and be collected by the same officer who collects county taxes and shall be turned over to the district according to law. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the district in the same manner as city taxes are extended. Property shall be subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes levied by the corporation in like manner and with like effect as in the case of county and state taxes.
(3) In taxation a district may classify property on the basis of services received from the district and prescribe different tax rates for the different classes of property. [Formerly 494.110; 1991 c.459 §444]
838.065
General obligation bonds; amount; maturity; revenue bonds; sale. (1) For
the purpose of performing any service that the district has power to perform,
the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for such
purpose, shall have the power to borrow money by the issuance and sale of
general obligation bonds. Such bonds shall never exceed in the aggregate 10
percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district
computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The bonds shall be so conditioned that
the district shall promise and agree therein to pay the bearer at a place named
therein payable semiannually in accordance with the tenor and terms of the
interest coupons attached. The bonds shall mature serially not to exceed 30
years from the date of issue, in like manner as bonds issued under the
authority of ORS 287.008.
(2) For the purpose of performing any of the powers conferred by this chapter a district, without the necessity of an election held for such purpose, shall have the power to borrow money by the issuance and sale also of revenue bonds and to pledge as security therefor, all or any part of the unobligated net income or revenue of the district. The revenue bonds shall be issued in the same manner and form as are general obligation bonds of the district but they shall be payable both as to principal and interest from revenues only. The revenue bonds shall not be subject to the percentage limitation applicable to general obligation bonds and shall not be a lien on any of the taxable property within the limits of the district and shall be payable solely from such part of revenues of the district as remains after the payment of obligations having a priority and of all expenses of operation and maintenance of the district. All revenue bonds shall contain a provision that both the principal and interest are payable solely from the operating revenues of the district remaining after paying such obligations and expenses.
(3) All general obligation bonds and revenue bonds shall be advertised for sale and sold in the manner prescribed in ORS 287.014 to 287.022 for the sale of bonds of cities. [Formerly 494.120; 1991 c.459 §445]
838.070
General obligation bond election. Elections for the purpose of voting on
the question of borrowing funds by issuance and sale of general obligation
bonds shall be called by the district board. [Formerly 494.130]
838.075 Refunding bonds. Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district board without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of the bonds. [Formerly 494.140]
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TITLES 63 et seq.
CHAPTERS 839 et seq.
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